All essays tagged:
In translation
The onward surge: Dante: The Divine Comedy translated by Clive James
Here lies one of the key challenges for a modern translator. How to get the dramatis personae to communicate across the centuries? The convention is to provide some contextual information in footnotes and appendices, but James wants none of this pedantry and aims instead to incorporate essential points in the verse.
Jul. 2013 •
In translation • Poetry